Memoirs from Eldred, New York, 1800–1950 The Mill on Halfway … · 2011-03-26 · The Mill on Halfway Brook Louise Elizabeth Smith Stories of Families Who Settled Near Halfway

The Mill on Halfway Brook

Louise Elizabeth Smith

Stories of Families Who Settled Near Halfway Brook in the Town of Highland, New York

1800–1880

Memoirs from Eldred, New York, 1800–1950

Book 1

ii • The Mill on Halfway Brook

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Crabtree-Higginson, Austin-Leavenworth, Smith-Corbridge, and Fallin-Williams families

Photo and text contributions: Melva Austin Barney, Mary Briggs Austin, Cynthia Leavenworth Bellinger, Gary D. Smith, Daniel B. Smith, Joanna R. Smith

Civil War Letters: Linda Leavenworth BohsCover, interior design, and maps: Gary D. Smith

(www.PerformanceDesign.net)Editing: Gary D. Smith, Cynthia Leavenworth

Bellinger, Joanna R. Smith

Photo: Gary Smith.

Copyright © 2010 by Louise E. SmithPrinted in the United States of AmericaISBN: 978-0-9826374-0-1

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Disclaimer: Information and sources were recorded as accurately as possible. Incorrect information is unintentional. Please notify the author regarding errors so they can be corrected in the next edition.

I would like to thank Richard O. Eldred for permission to quote from his book, The Eldred Family: Elisha Eldred of Minisink, New York, and His Descendants, Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1988.

Other books by Louise Elizabeth Smith: Grandma and Me, and Aida Austin’s 1881 Diary

Front and back cover photos are in the book with source credits.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ................................................................................iv

Dedication .............................................................................................v

Map of Northeast United States .............................................................vi

Map of the Town of Lumberland, 1798 ................................................viii

The Mill on Halfway Brook Introduction .............................................. ix

Ecclesiastes 3 ....................................................................................... x

Chapter 1: The Town of Lumberland, 1798–1815 .................................. 1

Chapter 2: The Mill on Halfway Brook, 1815–1825.............................. 13

Chapter 3: Life in Lumberland, 1825–1831 ......................................... 21

Chapter 4: Reverend Felix Kyte, 1832–1835 ........................................ 31

Chapter 5: The Mill on Blind Pond Brook, 1836–1849 ........................ 39

Chapter 6: The Bubbling Spring, 1839–1850 ...................................... 49

Chapter 7: Near Hagan Pond Road, 1851–1860 ................................... 67

Chapter 8: Letters from a Soldier, 1861–1865 ..................................... 87

Chapter 9: Your Loving Cousin, 1866–1871 ...................................... 133

Chapter 10: Emma Goes to College, 1872–1873 ................................ 157

Chapter 11: Return to Eldred, 1874–1877 ........................................ 175

Chapter 12: “In Kansas Bright as Fair,” 1878 ................................... 195

Chapter 13: “The Journey’s Length,” 1879–1880 .............................. 205

Bibliography .................................................................................... 230

Appendix .......................................................................................... 231

Index ............................................................................................... 259

About the Author .............................................................................. 272

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The sound of sawmills ripping through huge logs to make

planks could be heard throughout Lumberland. Not all of the timber from the area went to local sawmills. A considerable amount of logs sent to the Delaware River by way of the nearest stream were made into rafts and floated to market. Lumbermen and farmers lived in simple, small homes with no insulation. Barns usually stood across the road from the houses. Lumbermen also farmed, and their oxen were used for both occupations. Vegetables, rye, corn, buckwheat, and some fruit trees were grown, as well as grain and hay for the stock. Meat and milk came from the cattle, which were free to roam. Chickens provided both meat and eggs. Fish and eel were plentiful in the Delaware River. The Van Tuyl, Middaugh, Hooker, and other familes kept a barrel of salted eels in the winter. Each child was given a boiled eel and four buckwheat pancakes for dinner. Other families in the area ate rye bread spread with butter or pork grease. Many wild animals, including bears, roamed the forest in the

Chapter 3

Life in Lumberland1825 to 1831

The work of most people in the area was related in some way to lumbering. Each lumbering company had its small community of employees, most of whom lived in make-shift tenements, and some did not have a garden. But all received wages which left no surplus at the end of the year.—John W. Johnston, Reminiscences.

1820s. Years later, Jacob Stage’s wife, Martha Carmichael, told a story about her grandmother as a young mother. The menfolk had gone some distance to hunt and left Grandmother alone with her children in a recently built house with only a curtain for a door. When a bear appeared at the door wanting something to eat, Grandmother hid the children under the bed, and beat off the bear with anything she could grab. From then on, Martha’s grandmother refused to stay alone when the men were away. Do you blame her? Getting food and necessities for living was quite challenging in Lumberland’s early days. Needed items were purchased from the Village of Newburgh, about sixty miles from Lumberland. The round trip on the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike took a week. Farm produce, cattle, and wood products were transported from Newburgh west on the Turnpike. Items the settlers wanted to sell were sent to Newburgh, and from there transported by boat to New York City, another 67 or so miles away. A bit later, but still early on, food and dry goods came

Delaware River View. Photo: Gary Smith.

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of children they were responsible for if they were committed to supporting the school. Nine parents signed up a total of 28 students. The Francis Quick family and the Van Tuyl family (Daniel and Rebecca), each had five children. The Calvin Crane family had four, as did Jane Johnston, the widowed mother of John W. Johnston. The Levi Middaugh family had three. So did James and Almira Hooker. Daniel Pool had two children.

from Carpenter’s Point (Port Jervis), roughly 20 miles away. At Carpenter’s Point, grain could be ground into flour. In the winter, when the Delaware River was frozen, goods were hauled from Carpenter’s Point to Lumberland over the ice. In 1825, a school was started for children who lived near The River settlement in the Town of Lumberland. Sears Gardner was the Town Supervisor, and James Eldred was the Town Clerk, Commissioner of Highways, and Town Marshall. The community felt they needed a school. As was done in those times, a subscription paper was circulated to see if there was enough interest to start a school. John W. Johnston tells about the school in his Reminiscences. Francis Quick circulated the subscription document on both sides of the Delaware River—from the Van Tuyl property near Handsome Eddy, northwest four miles to the Johnston family’s home, near The River. School would be held for three months of the year at a time, every week day, and on alternate Saturdays. People were to add their signatures and the number

The Tri-States—New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—meet at Port Jervis (originally Carpenter’s Point), New York. Postcard in Mary Briggs Austin Collection.

Eels are born in saltwater, but migrate to fresh water where

they live before returning to the sea to spawn. To the left is an eel weir/trap (two stone walls that form a “V”) in the Delaware River near Pond Eddy. The eels run the Delaware River from the end of September though October.

Eels are funneled into the V-shape and then drop down into a wire cage under the water (where you see the wooden contraption.) After being scooped up and put into burlap bags, the eels are cleaned and then smoked.—David Leavenworth, September 2009. m

The Nicholas Morris family and David Quick’s family each had one. It was agreed that there was enough support for a school. The school house was built southwest of Hugh Quick’s home on a level piece of land surrounded by trees and a nearby spring of water. With the help of their axes and oxen teams, the men and boys built a 16-foot square log schoolhouse in eight days. The walls were 7-feet high. Three walls each had a window. The fourth wall had a huge chimney and fireplace. The door had a wooden latch and string. There was even a place to hang hats and bonnets. The teacher had a chair, and students sat on wooden slabs with legs made from saplings. School opened on the first day of August, 1825. Miss Fannie Hooker, 51, was the teacher. Aunt Fannie, as she was called, taught for $10 a month, and boarded at homes of the her students. She was the sister of James T. Hooker, husband of Almira Austin. Miss Hooker was quite tall

Eel Weir

Eel weir near Pond Eddy, New York. Photo: Cynthia Leavenworth Bellinger.

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Lord & Taylor, based in New York City, New York, is the oldest

upscale, luxury department store chain in the United States. Lord & Taylor began in New York in 1826 as a small dry goods store owned by cousins Samuel Lord and George Washington Taylor, immigrants to New York. They located their store near the North River waterfront in New York’s Greenwich Village. The store later moved to a place uptown on the Ladies’ Mile, which catered to the wealthier clientele of the “carriage trade.” Lord & Taylor became a major fashion retailer, and the first major store on Fifth Avenue, New York City. Note: George Washington Taylor was the step-brother of Elizabeth Lazerlier Van Pelt, my great-great-great-grandmother. m

Lord & Taylor Department

Store

with large black eyes and a strong loud voice. She wrote poorly, but was a fluent reader and a good speller. She mainly used Noah Webster’s Spelling Book, and the New Testament as a reader, as they were available to most of the students. In winter, the fathers cut the trees and took the logs to the schoolhouse. The larger boys cut and prepared the wood for the fireplace, and the stronger girls helped to carry it in. The older girls scrubbed the school house on alternate Friday evenings when there was no school the following day. The younger children often stayed and played while the older girls worked. The children walked to school in summer heat, spring rains,

and wintry blasts, often with the same clothing. One little fellow, who traveled two miles to school, wore a muslin shirt with collar, coat, vest and pants, stockings and cowhide shoes, a hat, and a little mantle made of a single piece of cloth for his shoulders. His two sisters were similarly dressed. The summer of 1826, Aunt Fannie left. Dick Manning taught that fall. Apparently Mr. Manning’s teaching was not up to expectation. The school session was postponed until winter, when an older man, Mr. Furman taught for two weeks, then left for an offer he thought was better. After a few years, the building was no longer used as a school,

Delaware River. Photo by Aida Austin in the collection of Mary Briggs Austin.

as it was difficult to get to and too far away. In mild weather, however, the building was used for religious meetings where David Hickok preached and Levi Middaugh and Francis Quick exhorted and prayed. Eventually, the old schoolhouse rotted and fell down. By 1826, the area where the Eldred family had settled was known as Halfway Brook Village, but was usually called the Village. Letters to the area were addressed to “Lumberland.” In February, a year after his wife Polly had died, James Eldred, 48, married Hannah Hickok, 37. Hannah, daughter of Asa and Hester Hinman Hickok, was my great-great-grandmother.

Ice gorge in the Delaware River at Hancock, N.Y., 50 miles northwest of Eldred, N.Y. Postcard is in the collection of Mary Briggs Austin.


Great-Great-Grandfather James Eldred probably met Hannah and her parents at the Congregational Church which had been held in his home. Hannah was most likely well acquainted with the Eldred children: Sarah Carmichael, 21, and married with children; Abraham Mulford, 20; Charles Cotesworth, 18; Eliza, 15; and Maria, 10. (Grandmother in the Eldred-Austin cousin letters refers to Hannah Hickok Eldred.) The Congregational Church of Narrow Falls now met in the schoolhouse in the Village. Rev. Stephen Sergeant had left for a Presbyterian Church (and also seems to have sold his land). The Congregational Church had no pastor for six years. Deacons James Eldred and Alexander Carmichael helped direct the congregation during this difficult time. James Eldred described the church situation in this letter:

The Delaware River at Barryville, New York. Postcard courtesy of Mary Briggs Austin.

About twenty of its members have been excommunicated. Sixteen of which were for intemperance. Our Pastor Rev’d Stephen Sergeant has approached the church and told us we were not established under the government of God’s Word, and has gone to the Presbyterians. Some who we looked to as Fathers in Israel and Mothers, also, have had no regard to their obligations and teach others to regard it not, (and united themselves to the Methodist people). Others have sickened and gone as we hope from the evils to come, others have moved out of the country, others have taken letters of dismission and joined to other churches in Christian order.—James Eldred letter.

In September 1827, James Eldred’s daughter, Eliza Eldred, almost 17, married James Keen

Eliza Eldred, daughter of James Eldred and wife of James K. Gardner. Melva Austin Barney Collection.

Railroad cars transfer their loads of anthracite (hard) coal to D&H Canal boats in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Source: Delaware and Hudson Railroad and Canal, by Wayne County Historical Society. Reproduction number HAER PA,64-HOND, 3-1.


Gardner, 22, son of Sears and Mary K. Gardner. The year before, James K. Gardner had started manufacturing wheelbarrows. In 1827, James Eldred was Inspector of Schools and Town Clerk (until 1832) for Lumberland. In December of 1827, my great-grandmother, Mary Ann

D&H Canal

The Delaware and Hudson Canal opened in October 1828. It had

taken 2,500 men and 200 teams of horses three years to dig and blast through 108 miles of wilderness to connect the Delaware and the Hudson River. The canal began at Rondout Creek near Kingston and went through several areas, including the Neversink River Valley on its way to Port Jervis on the Delaware River. The canal then ran northwest on the New York side of the Delaware River, crossing into Pennsylvania at Lackawaxen and on to Honesdale. The canal was divided into three sections for operational purposes:

the Lackawaxen: from Honesdale to the Delaware; the Delaware: along the river from there to Port Jervis; and the Neversink: from Port Jervis to Kingston. To get the anthracite from the Wurts brothers’ mine in the Moosic Mountains near Carbondale to the canal at Honesdale, the canal company built a gravity railroad. The state of Pennsylvania authorized its construction on April 8, 1826. On August 8, 1829, the D&H’s first locomotive, the Stourbridge Lion, made history as the first locomotive to run on rails in the United States. —www.en.wikipedia.org. m

After leaving Lock No. 8, the barge loaded with firewood continues northeast towards Rosendale, New York. The man on the left is steering the barge. The mules towing the barge are in the distance on the towpath. The above photos taken by William or John Crabtree in the late 1800s are courtesy of The Century House Historical Society.

Child leading mules near Rosendale, New York, on the Hudson part of the Delaware and Hudson Canal. The mules are eating from woven baskets.

The barge has just left Lock No. 9, north of New Paltz, New York, on the Delaware and Hudson Canal.

Eldred, the future wife of William Henry Austin, was born to James and Hannah Hickok Eldred in Halfway Brook Village, Town of Lumberland, Sullivan County, New York. The Town of Lumberland, especially The River settlement on the Delaware River, was a very busy place from 1826 to 1828.

The Delaware and Hudson Canal, which would play a vital part in the growth of the communities along or near the Delaware River, was being built, and new job opportunities were opening up. The area would no longer be supported solely by the lumber industry. Places for lodging and food would be needed for the workers and the


travelers on the canal. The 108-mile long Delaware and Hudson Canal went from Honesdale, Pennsylvania, near the Delaware River, to Kingston, New York, near the Hudson River. The first canal boats loaded with coal arrived at the Hudson River in November 1828. From then until 1899, barges carried anthracite coal from the Moosic Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania mines to the coal markets of New York City, by way of the Delaware and Hudson Rivers. Mr. Johnston recalled watching the first canal boat:

On a pleasant October evening of 1828, when a child of about five years of age, I stood beside the towpath held by my mother’s hand, and looked upon the first boat that passed up the canal on its journey to Honesdale for a load of coal. After the lapse of more than seventy years, I can picture to my fancy the marks and features of the horse that towed the pioneer boat—a light sorrel of medium size, compact in form, having a narrow white strip in the face and white forward feet. —Johnston, pp. 125–6.

Barryville, the old Gristmill. Postcard is in the collection of Mary Briggs Austin.

Pond behind the Barryville Gristmill. Postcard is in the collection of Mary Briggs Austin.

In the Town of Lumberland, the canal went some 17 miles—from the Mongaup River to a point close to the junction of the Delaware and Lackawaxen Rivers. Originally there were eleven locks, but it was increased to fourteen.

By means of aqueducts it crossed four principal streams—the Mongaup, the Pond Eddy Brook, the Halfway Brook, and the Beaver Brook…To each and every lock, a dwelling house was erected for the use of the lock-tender, and located beside the towpath and central part of the

lock, if the ground permitted. —Johnston, p. 19.

The person (often a boy aged 12 to 16) who led the mules pulling barges along the towpath, was paid three dollars a month. This included walking 15-20 miles a day, pumping out the barges, and tending the animals. At first, it took a week to go the entire length of the canal. The canal was closed on Sunday, and in the winter when the water froze up or was likely to. A number of new towns sprang up. The Town (township) of Cochecton was formed from the Town (township) of Bethel on March 25, 1828. Cochecton (the Town) included the villages of Cochecton, Cochecton Center, and Tylertown. Carpenter’s Point, renamed Port Jervis in 1827, became a main port on the D&H Canal. John B. Jervis, for whom Port Jervis was named, was a Delaware and Hudson Canal engineer. A blacksmith shop, a gristmill, and a broom handle factory were established at The River settlement shortly after 1828.


Glass Factory Pond. Postcard is in the collection of Mary Briggs Austin.

Later a glass factory opened which made molded glass. Mr. Johnston tells about the store that Mr. Forgerson kept at what would soon be called Barryville:

Forgerson kept the only store in the region, cleared land, ground a little feed, and sawed a little lumber for customers. In 1830, he built a dwelling house still continuing his mercantile business in the old store.

Gardner Forgerson had been an agent in George D. Wickham’s Ten Mile River lumbering operation. In 1828, Forgerson bought Wickham’s property at The River settlement (Barryville), and built a home for his family there two years later. James K. Gardner and his wife Eliza would have a son Stephen St. John Gardner, who would live on Forgerson’s property and whose house would have part of Mr. Forgerson’s original structure. Lumberland still bustled with activity after the D&H Canal was completed. The River settlement at the mouth of Halfway Brook resonated with the sounds of a thriving community at work. You might call the cacophony—The Work Symphony. Axes chopped, saws buzzed, trees fell, saw blades whirred, logs floated in rafts down the river, and canal workers walked along the river path shouting to the mules pulling the canal boats as people passed by. Cart wheels thudded along the rough paths, horse hooves clopped, and merchants sold their wares in a sing-song voice. Oxen plowed gardens with an occasional shout from the farmer as various barnyard animals clucked, neighed, or oinked.

From several sources I have pieced together a possible scenario from

several sources of the early years of my great-great-grandfather, Sherman Buckley Leavenworth. About 1828, Sherman B., age 20, moved from Connecticut to Sullivan County in New York, with the Hurd family in a covered wagon. The men worked for a Connecticut Lumber Company that would be lumbering in the New York area. There are records of a Hurd family marrying into the Leavenworth family, so perhaps the Leavenworths moved with the Hurd family who were relatives. Elias Leavenworth (not a direct relative) wrote, A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family in the United States. Towards the end of the book, a Sherman Leavenworth is mentioned as living near Monticello. Ten miles west of Monticello is the town of Bethel, New York,

I always heard from Dad (Clinton Leavenworth) that Sherman B. came from Connecticut into Eldred through Monticello with the Hurd family in covered wagons. They came with the Hardenburgh Lumber Company from Connecticut. —Linda Leavenworth Bohs .

Sherman B. Leavenworth

where several Hurd families had settled by 1810. The town, Hurd Settlement, four miles north of Bethel, is on modern maps. Is it possible that Sherman Leavenworth, mentioned in the Leavenworth Book, lived near Bethel or the Hurd Settlement, and “Monticello” was referring to Monticello and the nearby area? In the 1830 census of Bethel, a Truman S. Leavenworth was listed as living in Bethel, 12 miles north of what was then Halfway Brook Village. Truman’s household consisted of one female and two males, all between the ages of 20 and 30. Our Sherman B. would be 22 in 1830. Could Truman be his brother, and Sherman lived with him? By 1840, Sherman Buckley Leavenworth was in Halfway Brook Village as he was listed in the 1840 census of Lumberland. m

Not all the sounds were raucous or loud. Children laughed as they played hide and seek. Women baked, gardened, sewed, made bread, knitted, washed clothes, sang lullabies to their

babies, and made huge meals to feed hardworking husbands and growing children, who were hopefully helping out by getting water from the well or firewood for cooking and keeping warm.


There were conflicts on the waterways. Timber from the area being rafted down the Delaware River to Philadelphia for the ship building industry interfered at times with the progress of the canal boats. Soon aqueducts would alleviate the problem. The D&H Canal would play an important part in shipping the bluestone that was accidentally discovered some twelve miles north of Port Jervis, around 1835, by “Uncle Steve” Griffin, who was rattlesnake hunting. That was the story told in the March 1889 issue of the New York Times. Though plentiful in the area, it would be another 30 years before the bluestone on either side of the Delaware River became curbs and sidewalks for New York City. About 1828, Sears and Mary K. Gardner left Pond Eddy and moved to the east side of Halfway Brook Village, to property they owned north of Village Road near Halfway Brook. Sears Gardner may have owned the property with Abraham Mulford Eldred at first. It would later be owned by C.C.P. Eldred. Sears and Mary K. Gardner’s daughter, Letitia (Letty) Gardner, married Ethel B. Sergeant, son of Stephen and Anna Sergeant, in October of 1828. In the late 1820s, there was still not a good way to travel on land. Whether you walked or rode a horse, the roads were rough and through the wilderness. Whether by foot, horseback, canal or all three, Doctor Perkins left Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1829, and managed to arrive in Lumberland, where he would be the only physician for over 300 square miles. Fortunately, the people were usually healthy, according to Mr. Johnston in his Reminiscences,

The above map on a copy of the June 1828 land deed from John

Wells to Sears Gardner, shows an Eldred-Gardner Mill lot where Sears and Mary K. Gardner lived at one time. Abraham Mulford Eldred may have been co-owner at first. The property was near Halfway Brook, north of what is now Proctor Road, just before the “Y” in the road to Highland Lake, and was later owned by C.C.P. Eldred. In 1851, the Post Office was in the home of C.C.P., which was on this property. Commencing on west line of lot 21 in 7th div. of Minisink Patent, S. 47 degrees E., 4 chains to sandstones E. side of main road leading up the Halfway Brook. Containing 49 acres. —excerpt from John Wells deed to Sears Gardner, 1829.

Eldred-Gardner Sawmill

Rod, chain, links, and furlongsA rod equals 16.5 feet or 25 links. One chain equals 4 rods. The rod, a measurement of medieval times, was still used in the mid-1800s. An acre in medieval times was one chain or four rods (ox goads) long, by one furlong (in the UK, ten chains). A furlong was “one plough’s furrow long” or the length of a furrow that could be a plowed by a plough team without resting. The length of the furlong and the acre vary regionally, due to different soil types. In England the acre was 4,840 square yards, but in Scotland it was 6,150 square yards, and in Ireland, 7,840 square yards. m

Map on copy of June 1828 land deed from John Wells to Sears Gardner. Melva Austin Barney Collection.

where he describes the good Doctor Perkins. Doc Perkins used five or six prescriptions to treat disease. He did not like the home remedies or superstitious notions that prevailed at the time. Doc Perkins first boarded at Robert Land’s house at Beaver Brook, four miles back from the river and canal. The fun loving, agreeable doctor always wore a suit of heavy winter clothes, and traveled on horseback without a

padded saddle or coated stirrups. Mr. Johnston described the travels of Doctor Perkins:

Thus for 24 years, he traveled many thousands of miles over the rough highways, the narrow timber roads, the cow paths; over hills and through valleys, through dark, dense wildernesses and groves of lofty timber, during night and day, amid sunshine and storm, cold and heat.


Town of Lumberland

According to the 1830 Census, there were 926 people in the

Town of Lumberland. This included 427 children under age 14, six people in their 70s, three in their 80s, but no one in their 90s. Sears and Mary K. Gardner had five in their home, ages 9 to 29. Their daughter Mary Gardner married Benjamin C. Austin, (from the other Austin family in town), in 1830, sometime after the census was taken. Uncle Justus and Polly Hickok had three children under 10. James T. and Almira Austin Hooker had six children under 19, one person under 20, one under 50, and one under 80 years old. Laurence Ingraham had three under 15, and possibly his mother or mother-in-law, age 60 or over. The Daniel Van Tuyl and Daniel Owens families were also listed. Alexander Carmichael and his wife had four children under 15. Elnathan Corey had a full house of nine. Robert Land and his wife had five children under 15. Gardner Forgerson and his wife had four children under 10, and six others from 16 to 39. In the next chapter, Gardner Forgerson helps out the new Congregational Church pastor, Felix Kyte. The LaBarr family still lived in Beaver Brook and included Gordon Ransom LaBarr who was around 10. Jacob Stage was not yet 30. Stephen and Anna Sergeant had three sons at home—Stephen, 20, Thomas L., 17, and Isaac C., 15. Their son Ethel Sergeant and his wife Letty Gardner lived next door with their 1-year-old. Ethel and Letty’s son Alvah Sergeant was born

Where They Lived in 1830ages of 20 and 30. Was Sherman B. Leavenworth, 22, one of the men listed in Truman’s household? A Gideon Leavenworth lived in Middlebury, New Haven, Connecticut.

Austin FamilyThe Austin family lived in Somers, Westchester County, New York. Ralph (Rolf in this census), 46, and Fanny Knapp Austin, 42, William Henry, 6, Ann Mary, 3, James H., 9, Caroline,13, Emma Eliza, 15 (Emma died in October), Augustus A., 20, and Samuel Knapp, 22. The census shows another young man in his twenties. Ralph and Almira’s father, Joshua Austin had died July 1828.

Hickok FamilyAsa and Esther Hickok, and son David H. and his wife and family were in Warren Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, in the 1830 Census.

Myers FamilyMartin David Myers,15, lived in New Jersey with his parents David and Elizabeth Myer, and seven siblings.

Van Pelt FamilyElizabeth Lazerlier Van Pelt, and children, Peter, 20, Maria, 17, and Jane Ann, 15, lived in New York City. Elizabeth’s mother, Mary Webber Lazerlier Taylor, was 66. m

in Beaver Brook, in June 1831. Alvah Sergeant would have a son who would marry a daughter of Harriet Covert born in September 1831, to William and Anna Covert in South Lebanon. Harriet Covert would marry George Clark, son of Wilmot and Mary Van Auken Clark. George Clark’s brother Mahlon Irvin Clark, 3, would marry Laura Austin. John Bishop and his wife Julia had a son under 5. John’s father Stephen and possibly some brothers lived in Lumberland. John plays an unexpected part in our story. Thomas W. Clark, husband of Phebe Hazen, and father of George Case Clark, died in Mongaup, in 1829. Phebe married Moses Myers. They would be the parents of Abel Sprague Myers, a grandfather or great-grandfather to some of the people we will meet in this book. Other families included Solomon Hurd, Robert Many, Daniel, Samuel and William Wells, and John Wheeler.

Not in LumberlandLeavenworth FamilyTruman S. Leavenworth and three Hurd families were listed in the 1830 Census of Bethel, New York. Three people were listed as living with Truman Leavenworth—one female and two males between the

Delaware River near Barryville. Photo: Mary Briggs Austin.

Doc Perkins charged 25 cents for a visit to the village or the area nearby, with the option to pay or not. A visit to Ten Mile River from Barryville (11 miles through the

woods), was 75 cents. One family of five children and a mother, he contracted for $5 a year. Some families never paid the doctor, though he had called on them

for 18 years.—Johnston, pp. 340, 342–3. You may remember that in the early 1800s, Solon Cooper and Levi Middaugh ran the first


built a store around 1830. By 1830, James had built the Eldred Homestead which replaced the original log cabin.

The Eldred Homestead, (no longer in existence), was built by James Eldred and operated by him. It was used as a tavern at one time, and known as Temperance Tavern. It was still there when I lived in Eldred—a few hundred feet back from what is now the main road, and as far as I know was the first permanent building in Eldred. (An old sign was found in the attic referring to such.) —Melva Austin Barney.

There were many temperance groups in New York in the 1830s, so it would not be a surprise to have an inn in town that did not serve alcoholic beverages. One room of the Eldred Homestead/tavern was used for the Lumberland Post Office when James became Postmaster on October 5, 1831. By 1831, The River settlement

had its own Post Office named after William T. Barry, the Post Master General. The town was then called Barryville, although it continued to be referred to as The River. In 1832, the good doctor Perkins married Comelia Dabron, and they moved into the old Hickok farmhouse, two miles from Barryville. By 1832, James Eldred and Hannah Hickok had been married six years, and their daughter, Mary Ann Eldred, was 5 years old. Zophar and Sarah Eldred Carmichael, 27, had at least three children. The youngest was Lewis Carmichael born in 1831. The family eventually lived in Wallkill on the Carmichael family farm. Abraham Mulford Eldred, 26, had purchased several large tracts of land, and was lumbering and farming. Uncle Mulford, as he was called, was also active in government. He had been elected constable of Lumberland in 1830, and was also the collector of taxes, and inspector of schools in 1830, 1832, 1834. He was single until about 1838. In 1832, Charles (C.C.P.) Eldred, 24, a farmer and lumber dealer, was not yet married. Eliza Eldred Gardner was 22, and had been married five years to James Keen Gardner. Eliza and James K. had Charles, 2, and baby Chauncey, who died in August. The family would soon move to Beaver Brook where James K. would be a supervisor for a lumbering company. In two years Phebe Maria Eldred, 16, would marry Augustus Alonzo Austin, whose whereabouts in 1832 are unknown. Perhaps only Phebe Maria, 16, and Mary Ann, 4, lived at home with James and Hannah Eldred in 1832. m

store in Pond Eddy. Mr. Cooper mysteriously disappeared in 1830. Thus ended the Middaugh and Cooper store. The Congregational Church was still struggling without a preacher in 1830 when circuit riding preachers from the Methodist Episcopal Church, began teaching in villages on both sides of the Delaware River in the tri-state area of New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Mr. Grace and Mr. Street preached every two weeks in the Town of Lumberland. Visits were made during the day, and services were held at night. It is quite possible that Sherman Buckley Leavenworth, my great-great-grandfather, lived in the town of Bethel some 11-1/2 miles away from Halfway Brook, by 1830. By 1835 (see Chapter Five), Sherman B. and his wife Charlotte Ingram, from Scotchtown, New York, lived in Halfway Brook Village. James Eldred and his family lived south of Village/Proctor Road. One source said that James

Delaware River at Barryville, fall 2008. Photo: Mary Briggs Austin.

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Index

54th Regiment, New York, 11056th Regiment, New York, 941832, May Flood, 341845 Land Mortgage Sale, 561845 and 1848 Letters, 591857, Winter, 771873 Depression, 1741875 N.Y. Farm Census, 183

AA Reverie/Kansas Romance, 225 Albany Normal School, 157, 161Alden, Dr., 157,161, 165, 168, 172,

173An Answer, 223Antietam, 96Asendorf, Henry, 148, 228Aunt Bertha, 237 Chat, 237 Sal, 109Austin Abigail Holcomb, 51 Adelaide/Addie, see Thompson Aida/Ida, 13, 14, 20, 49, 55, 80,

83, 86, 90, 106, 107, 113, 134, 135, 143, 146, 149, 151, 157, 172, 174–180, 185, 186, 188, 189, 193, 195, 196, 199, 200, 201, 205, 210, 211, 213, 216, 217, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 234, 236, 238, 239, 273, 253

Albert Alonzo (Lon), 76, 84, 90, 134, 135, 146, 157, 172, 174, 175–180, 185–197, 199, 201–203, 205, 208, 209, 210–214, 218, 225, 229, 234, 251

Almira, see Hooker Alonzo, Eugene, Sr. (Rev.), 46,

47, 50, 55, 57, 67, 84, 90, 130, 134, 135, 140, 162, 163, 189, 226, 234

Alonzo, Eugene Jr. (Dr.), 37, 67, 140, 162, 226

Ancestors, 51

Ann Mary, see Schoonover Anthony Jr., 51 Anthony Sr., 51, 240 Antoinette/Net, see Clinton Arthur 70, 142, 186, 215, 240 Augustus Alonzo, 11, 13, 14,

19, 29, 30, 37, 46, 47, 49, 50, 53, 55, 57, 62, 65, 67, 70, 76–78, 80, 81, 84, 90, 103, 112, 113, 133, 134, 135, 137, 162, 164, 174, 175, 180, 191, 197, 226, 234

Benjamin C., 29, 62, 68, 111, 226, 234

Caleb, 4, 51, 52 Caroline, see Newman Charles Augustus (Gussie),

162, 163, 171, 197 Charles Mortimer, 4, 14, 45, 50,

104, 127, 130, 134–136, 146, 157, 175, 176, 185, 188, 194, 195, 226, 227, 229, 232, 234

Charles Raymond, 78, 104, 159 Christina, 67, 90, 134, 135,

162, 234 Clara, see Teed Clementina, 70, 90, 134, 135,

162, 234 Dawn Lee, see Sagarra Deborah, 51 Edith Emogene, 66, 67, 69, 76,

84, 90, 113, 122, 125, 126, 129, 133–138, 140–143, 146, 148–153, 155–158, 161–168, 170–182, 185–196, 198, 201, 203–214, 216–219, 221, 222, 234

Edward Augustus, 127, 130, 151, 174, 234

Edward D., 67, 90, 134, 135, 162, 234

Elijah, 51, 52 Elizabeth, 51 Emily Parmenter, 234 Emma Eliza, 11, 19, 29, 234 Esther Huggins, 51 Evaline, 135, 162, 234

Fanny Knapp, 4, 5, 11, 13, 14, 19, 29, 37, 38, 46, 49, 50, 53, 54, 61, 67, 69, 73, 75, 76, 80, 81, 84, 90, 106, 112, 120, 121, 135, 137, 149, 197, 234, 243, 244-247, 249

Frank, 186 Gladys Myers, 37, 47, 72, 78,

80, 83, 104, 147, 159, 173 Grace Emma, 70, 90, 134, 135,

162, 174, 234 Gustavus, 52 Harriet (d/o Benjamin C.), 62 Henrietta, 130, 134, 140, 162,

226 Henry Ladore, 135, 137, 146,

154, 157, 166, 176, 185, 190–193, 195, 203, 206, 207, 209, 212–214, 219, 226, 234

Ida Belle (Belle), see Brown Ira M., 62, 131, 186, 226 Isabelle (Belle) Camp, 84, 90,

130, 134, 135, 140, 162, 163, 226, 234

James Eldred, 70, 76, 84, 90, 134, 135, 146, 157, 175, 176, 185, 187, 194, 195, 196, 205, 218. 222, 229, 234, 247

James H., 19, 29, 38, 50, 54, 65, 70, 76, 78, 81, 113, 137, 139, 140, 234

Jennie Louisa Leavenworth, iv, ix, 14, 39, 44, 45, 70, 104, 220, 228, 233, 234

Joan, see Geier John Mortimer, 197 Joshua Jr., 4, 5, 11, 29, 51, 52,

106, 234 Joshua Sr., 4, 51, 52 Joshua M., 65, 234 Julia, 113, 138, 139, 154, 165,

234 Justina (Tina), see Laing Laura, see Clark Margie, see Maglione


Maria Adelaide, 67, 69, 76, 84, 90, 134, 135, 146, 157, 173, 176, 179, 185, 189, 190, 192–195, 201, 203, 206, 209, 211–214, 219, 220, 222, 226, 234

Martin Van Buren, 62 Mary (wife of Joshua Jr.), 4, 5,

106, 234 Mary Henrietta, 62, 66, 67, 69,

76, 84, 90, 125, 134, 135, 146, 157, 176, 185, 195, 203, 209, 213, 226, 234

Mary A. (d/o Benjamin C.), 62 Mary Ann Eldred, 14, 25, 30,

33, 35, 38, 45, 46, 51, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65–67, 69, 75, 76, 80, 81, 84, 90, 112, 113, 122, 126, 127, 130, 133–135, 137, 139, 140–142, 146, 148, 150–153, 155–157, 165, 166, 171, 173–175, 185, 189, 190, 194, 195, 200, 203, 205, 216–219, 221–226, 234, 241, 248, 258

Mary Briggs, iv, v, 54, 90, 137, 148, 215, 248

Mary Gardner, 17, 29, 62, 63, 111, 234

Mary Letitia Millspaugh, 135, 143, 162, 163, 171, 197, 234

Melva, see Barney Minerva, 186, 226 Minnie, 186 Miranda (Rand), see Paton Mortimer (Mortie), 130, 133,

134 Mortimer Bruce, 46, 47, 57,

65, 67, 74, 90, 102, 103, 104, 112, 113, 134, 135, 143, 147, 162, 163, 171, 234

Nancy, 60 Nellie, 186 of Schickshinny, 52 Olinda Ann, 90, 130, 134, 140,

162, 163, 226 Phebe Maria Eldred, 13–15,

20, 24, 30, 37, 46, 47, 50, 57, 60, 65, 67, 70, 75, 80, 84, 90, 103, 112, 133–136, 162, 174, 191, 224, 226, 234, 242

Ralph, 4, 5, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 29, 37, 38, 46, 49, 50, 52–54, 61, 67, 70, 73, 80, 81, 84, 90, 91, 102–104, 106, 120, 135, 137, 175, 197, 234

Randolph Laing, 141, 151, 234 Robert, 4, 50, 54, 130, 137, 138 Richard, 51 Richard (Asten) Sr., 51 Ruth, 51 Samuel Knapp, 5, 11, 19, 29,

38, 50, 103, 104, 112, 113, 234

Sarah, 62 Sarah Tone, 62 Shadrack, 51, 52 Susan Teed, 38, 50, 104, 112,

113, 234 Tryphena, 51 Tryphena Hathaway, 51, 52 Uncle Ralph, 51, 52 William Henry, 14, 19, 25, 29,

37, 38, 45, 46, 50, 54, 55, 61, 62, 65–67, 69, 70, 73–77, 80, 81, 84, 90, 113, 126, 127, 130, 133, 134, 135–137, 140–142, 146, 148–151, 154, 156–158, 162, 165, 170, 171, 172, 174–178, 180, 183, 185, 187, 189, 194, 195, 205, 208, 211, 217, 226, 234, 250, 251

Ayres David, 68 W., 166

BBadger, John, 85Barker, Jesse and Lucy, 74Barnes Almira, see Eldred Cornelius, 14 Elizabeth, 12 Elizabeth, see Owen Family, 9 Henry, 12 Jeremiah, 12, 14 John, 12 John and Elizabeth Holbert, 79 Nathan, 12 Rebecca, 12 Thomas, 12

Barney, Melva Austin, ix, 4, 30, 47, 55, 62, 73, 76, 78, 79, 90, 103, 127, 134, 139, 151, 152, 157, 158, 161, 173, 175, 194, 217, 218, 222, 236

Barry, William T., 30Barton Benjamin, 11 John, 20Beakey, Ellen, 90Beaks, Stacy, 45Beasley, Len, 177Beaver Brook, 26, 214Beecher, Henry Ward, 182, 189,

196, 207Bevis, 51Bishop Anna, 40 Family, 40, 42 Ichabod, 40, 68 John, 29, 40, 42, 53, 68, 86, 120 Julia, 29, 40 Oliver, 40, 42, 45, 68, 86, 120 Sarah Ingram, 40, 53, 68, 86,

120, 147 Stephen, 40, 42, 45, 68, 86, 147 Stephen, 29Black Friday Panic, 142, 154, 174Blind Pond, 39, 40, 42, 44, 83Blind Pond Brook, 39, 42, 43, 44,

45, 47, 49, 65, 112Bluestone, 26, 144, 154, 214, 229Bogert Amanda Hogencamp, 147 Carrie Etta, see Clark John, 147Bolton Ann Eliza Hickok, 54, 59 Lewis, 59Bowhanan, Sarah Eldred, 5Boyd Alexander, 66, 69, 82, 120, 147,

186 Bertha, 228 Comfort, 69, 82, 92, 95, 120,

125, 131, 147, 186 Duncan, 68 Elizabeth, 69, 82, 120, 147, 186 Floyd, 148 Isabel, 148, 228 James, 69, 82, 147, 148, 180,

183, 186, 228

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James Edward, 228 Margaret Mills, 147, 148, 180,

186, 228Bradley Anna Amelia, 87, 137, 138, 147,

164, 184, 228, 234 Atwell, 164, 184, 228 Charlotte (Lottie), 147, 164,

184, 228 Family, 44, 100, 123, 137, 184,

220 Isaac M., 53, 74, 79, 87, 91,

95–97, 105, 107, 111, 119, 137, 138, 147, 164, 170, 183, 184, 228

Isaac Newton, 137, 147, 164, 184, 228

Joanna Brown, 53, 79, 87, 137, 147, 164, 184, 228

Mary Frances, 137, 147, 164, 184, 228

Nora, 164, 184, 228 Viola, 137, 147, 164, 184, 228Braisted Family, 224 Mrs., 217, 224Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea), 2,

215Breen, Ella, see GardnerBriggs Family, 5, 11, 38, 94 Benjamin and Sarah Jeffries,

11, 74, 84 Catharine Thrush, 74, 84 Clinton and Marium Clark, 84,

229 Irwin, 5, 11, 74, 84, 127, 229 Irwin and Myrtie family, 215 James T., 11, 74, 84 Mary, see Austin Myrtie Crabtree, iv, v, 5, 11, 74,

91, 229, 273Brown Ida Belle Austin, 67, 134, 135,

150, 162, 167, 234 James Brown, 135, 234 Joanna Brown, see Bradley Mary (Mercy) Harding, see

Clark Silas, 53Bunce Elizabeth, 40, 53

Family, 40, 44, 53 George, 40, 53, 70, 82, 92, 110,

112, 114, 132, 226 Hezekiah, 40, 42, 53, 60, 70 Hezekiah Jr., 40, 53 Julia, 40, 53, 66, 70 Julia (daughter), 40, 53 Lucy, 40, 53 Mary Ellen, see Carmichael Thomas, 40, 53 William, 40, 53, 70, 82, 227Bunk House, 42Bush, Daniel, 7

CCalkins, Family, 10 Burton, 10 Charles F., 147 Elias, 10, 61 Moses, 18 Oliver and Hannah Thomas, 10 James E., 147 Maria E. Gardner, 10, 35, 38,

51, 69, 111, 135, 147, 151 154

Marie E., 147 Moses, 18 Oliver, 10, 14, 17 Oliver Jr., 10, 61, 147, 170Carmichael Alexander, 10, 14, 18, 19, 24,

29, 32, 53, 55, 62, 72, 86 Charles, 38, 54, 135, 224 Cora Hardcastle Eldred, 253 Decator, 54, 224, 253 Deacon, 12 Floyd Decator, 253 Elimina, see Drake Eliza, see Puff Elizabeth, 62, 65 Emeline, see Lewis Harriet, see Young Ichabod, 12 John Mulford, 38, 54, 135, 226 John and Abigail, 18 Lewis, 30, 38,54, 64, 65, 84,

135, 139, 147, 173, 224 Lina, see Watson Maria, 54 Martha, see Stage Mary Schofield, 226

Mary Ellen Bunce, 40, 56, 60, 64, 65, 84, 139, 147, 173, 224

Phebe, 12 Polly Maria, see Mitchell Sarah, see Davis Sarah Eldred, 12, 13, 15, 18,

20, 24, 30, 38, 47, 54, 56, 57, 64, 75, 135, 139, 147, 150, 224, 234, 236, 241, 242, 253

Stephen, 19 Zophar, 18, 20, 30, 38, 47, 54,

56, 57, 64, 76, 135, 139, 147, 150, 224, 234, 236

Carpenter Dorcas, 74 James, 14 James and Lucy, 19 James and Mary, 74 John, 14 Joseph, 14, 74Case Betsy Johnson, 58 Daniel, 19, 20Census Sidebars Some Relatives in 1798, 5 Relatives in 1815, 11 1820 Census, Other Towns, 18 Where They Lived in 1830, 29 Family not in Lumberland

1835, 38 People of Lumberland 1836, 47 Others 1855, 74 Others 1860, 84 Others in 1870, 147 Others in 1875, 186 Others in 1880, 226Cholera, 32Church News, 12, 19, 37, 66, 85,

127, 155, 171, 187, 210Churches Baptist 61, 85, 146, 187 Congregational Church, 9, 11,

12, 15, 16, 19, 24, 29–31, 36–38, 50, 53, 57, 62, 64, 66, 72, 75, 82, 85, 86, 92, 118, 146, 155, 158, 170, 171, 187, 198, 199, 210, 211, 226–228

Glen Spey (South Lebanon), 155


Methodist Episcopal, 19, 24, 30, 36, 37, 66, 84–86, 127, 136, 146, 155, 185, 187, 190, 211, 220, 227–229

Mongaup, 155 Pond Eddy, 127, 155 Union, 118, 187Civil War Veterans, Highland, 132Clark Carrie Etta Bogert, 147, 226 Carolyn Hallock, 37 Charles, 68 Clarrissa, see Sergeant Clarissa, 68 Edward, 149 Elbert, 135, 148, 184, 227 Ella, 83, 187 Ellsworth, 92, 135, 143, 148,

176, 184, 227 Estella, 148 Eva, 143 George, 10, 18, 29, 53, 62, 68,

80, 83, 96, 170, 184, 188, 192, 203, 227

George (s/o George and Harriet), 227

George Case, 19, 29, 37, 47, 53, 68, 138, 147, 203, 226

Harriet Covert, 18, 29, 53, 62, 68, 80, 83, 184, 203, 227

John, 227 John Henry, 68, 138, 226, Laura Austin, 29, 38, 50, 53,

54, 56, 67, 68, 70, 75, 77, 80, 81, 83, 92, 107, 112, 127, 135, 138, 139, 143, 148, 149, 164, 184, 191, 192, 203, 217, 227, 234, 248, 249

Louisa, 148 Mahlon Irvin, 10, 29, 38, 53,

68, 81, 83, 92, 135, 143, 148, 170, 183, 184, 203, 226, 234, 248

Martha, 10, 68, 83, 113, 148 Martin Dominick, 83 Mary (d/o Wilmot), 68, 74 Mary (Mercy) Harding Brown,

53, 68, 138, 147, 226 Mary Jane (d/o George and

Harriet), 83

Mary Van Auken, 9, 18, 29, 53, 62, 68, 73, 83, 148, 184, 202, 203

Moses, 19 Phebe Hazen, see Myers Robert, 184, 227 Samuel, 83 Stella, see Leavenworth Thomas W., 19, 29, 36, 47 Wilmot, 9, 14, 18, 19, 29, 53,

62, 68, 74, 83, 148, 170, 183, 184, 202, 203

Clinton Antoinette (Net) Austin, 57, 67,

112–114, 122, 127, 134, 135, 148, 149, 162, 171, 177, 179, 234

Henry, 135, 162, 181, 188, 234 Ida Belle, 162Collins, 84, 135, 144, 146, 179,

194, 200, 201, 220 Annie, 168, 214 Emma, 84 Emma Kelso, 44, 84, 185, 187,

194, 200, 203, 206, 214, 224 Isabella, 84, 146 James, 84, 85, 127, 146, 211,

222 Maria, 84 Mary Jane, 84 Robert, 84, 127, 146, 224 Thomas, 84, 127, 146, 176, 189

200, 214, 222 William, 84Conkling, John, 44, 45, 114Connecticut, vii, 3–5, 10, 11, 27,

39, 40, 45, 51, 52, 57, 106 Greenwich, 53 Litchfield County, 15 Middlebury, 5, 29, 41 New Haven County, 29 Simsbury, 240 Stamford, 53 Suffield, 51, 52, 240 Southbury, 18, 41 Waterbury, 5 Watertown, 41 Woodbury, 41Cooper, Solon 9, 29Corey, Betsy, 19 Elnathan, 17, 19, 29

Cornwell Family, 74Covert William and Anna Ryder, 11,

29, 62, 184 Harriet, see Clark James, 11 Irene Tompkins, 11 Margaret, 187Crabb/Crabtree Amanda Myrtie, see Briggs Arnold and Rachel, 74, 84 Elijah and Priscilla, 84 Family, 5, 38, 91, 94 Ida Emily Higginson, 228 John, 74, 84, 228 Richard and Mary Giggey, 11,

84Craine, L.L., 196Crandall, George, 55Crane, Abigail, 12 Alfred, 100 Asa, 11, Calvin, 22Crawford, 61 Alfred, 100 Joel, 226Cuddeback Ann Eliza Gardner, 51, 69, 135,

172 Louis, 172 Abraham, 8 William A., 8

DDarling Charles S., 228 Charlotte (Lottie) Myers, 78,

79, 84, 88, 146, 164, 185, 187, 228

Ida, 228 Mary, 163, 168Davis Sarah Carmichael, 54, 135, 224Decker, Mr., 144Delaware River, 1–11, 14, 16, 17,

21–26, 28–30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 42, 43, 47, 52, 58, 63, 74, 77, 82, 128, 144, 154, 160

Delaware and Hudson Canal, 25, 26, 31, 33, 35, 44, 61, 63, 160, 186

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DeVenoge, 83 Catharine, 86 Leon, Dr., 83, 86, 145, 158,

170, 172, 208 Mary, 86 Dodge, 38, 39, 56, 57, Benjamin, 8, 35, 44, 45, 114 Catharine, 66 Stephen A., 97Donation, 75Drake, Elimina Carmichael, 38, 54,

57, 135, 224Dubois Alvina and Eugene, 186 George, 90 Mr. and/or Mrs., 194, 212, 220Duer, John, 4, 8, 56Dunlap Caty Devenport, 75 Emily, 177 Johnston, 116, 132 Lewis, 177, 200 Oliver, 75, 121Dunn James B., 17 Thomas, 9, 16 William, 17

EEcho Hill Farm House, 42, 44, 45,

82, 229Eel Weir, 22Eldred Cemetery, 15, 78, 80, 90,

106, 107, 121, 128, 130, 140, 150, 151, 159, 165, 173, 193, 198, 203

Eldred Abraham Mulford, 12, 13, 15,

20, 24, 26, 28, 30, 46, 53, 55-57, 62, 74, 79, 113, 121, 135, 234

Almira Barnes, 79 Amelia, see Wheeler Amelia, see Hancy Almira Barnes, 79 Augusta Maria, 53, 62, 135 Benjamin Franklin, 53, 62, 79,

135 Charles C. P., 12, 13, 15, 17,

18, 19, 20, 24, 28, 30, 35, 36, 38, 46, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 64–66, 69, 73, 74–76, 88,

111, 128, 135, 140, 146–148, 159, 170, 172, 174, 183, 185, 187, 196, 200, 210, 212, 213, 226, 227, 234

Cora Hardcastle, see Carmichael

Effa Caroline Van Tuyl, 18, 35, 37, 46, 47, 51, 53, 57, 64, 69, 88, 98, 111, 128, 135, 140, 148, 172, 174, 185, 196, 213, 226, 234

Eliza, see Gardner Elisha, 5, 9, 15, 76, 252–255 Elizabeth Wheeler, see Travis Frances J. Payne, 174, 185,

196, 226 George, 159 George Washington, 47, 53, 64,

66, 69, 74, 82, 83, 85, 88, 91, 98, 111, 119, 125, 126, 132, 135, 143, 148, 150, 159, 161, 165, 185, 197, 226, 253

Hannah Hickok, 11, 15, 16, 19, 23, 24, 25, 30, 33, 38, 46, 51, 54, 61, 70, 73, 75, 76, 81, 84, 114, 125, 134, 142, 203, 224, 234, 241, 253

Harriet, 62, 135 Harriet B., 15, 18, 234 Herbert Lincoln, 143, 159, 226 James (b. 1777), ix, 2, 5, 8,

10–16, 17, 18–20, 22, 24, 25, 30–32, 35, 36, 38, 49, 51, 54, 55, 58, 61, 62, 64, 69, 75, 76, 142, 172, 224, 234, 241, 253

James, 143, 159, 185, 226 James Daniel, 64, 69, 135, 174,

183, 185, 196, 197, 201, 202, 207, 208, 214, 226

Jane E., 53, 57 Josephine, 53, 60, 62 Justina Laing, 143, 150 Lamont, 53 Maria Adeline, see Kendall Marietta West, 84, 85, 125, 143,

148, 150, 159, 161, 169, 197 Mary Ann, see Austin Mary (Polly) Mulford, 2, 5, 12,

13, 15, 16, 18–20, 23, 224, 234, 253

Mary Eliza, 62, 135 Mary Hulse, see Forgeson

Phebe Maria, see Austin Polly Vanorsdol, see Mapes Rebecca, 53, 64, 69, 135, 148,

165, 166, 185, 189, 226 Sarah, see Carmichael Sarah, see Bowhanan Sarah Jane, see WaitElting, Rev, Cornelius, 34England, 5, 15, 28, 40, 41, 53, 65,

68, 72, 91, 186 Bishopstoke, 51 Hampshire, 51 Sleaford, 78 South Hampton, 51 Tichfield, 51 Yorkshire, 79Enlistments in Civil War, 92Ennes, Henry and Elizabeth, 147Evenhoe, Charles, 196Erie Railroad, 43, 61, 77, 81, 154Ewart Albert, 79 Edith May Palmer, 79, 90, 105,

128, 148, 184, 228 Pamela Tipling, 79 William, 79

FFaith, 258Field Flowers, 153Fish, Mr., 59Fisher, Rev. and Mrs. E. W., 226Fisk, James, 142, 154Fletcher, Benjamin, 184Flowers, 152Follett, Mr., 220French and Indian War, 5Forgerson, Gardner, 27, 29, 33, 61,

173Forgeson John, 15, 253 Mary Hulse Eldred, 5, 12, 13,

15, 46, 253Fourth Orange City Regiment, 2Frey, Gracie, 186Furman, Mr., 23

GGardner Albert L., 69 Ann Eliza, see Cuddeback Anna (d/o James E)., 226


Anna (d/o Sears R.), 69 Bee, 212 Caroline, 47, 51 Charles, 30, 33, 35, 38, 47 Charles, F., 148, 226 Chauncey, 30, 33 Edna, 88 Eliza Ann, see Young Eliza Eldred, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19,

20, 24, 27, 30, 33, 35, 38, 39, 44, 47, 51 57, 69, 75, 76, 82, 135, 111, 172, 182, 185, 192, 193, 226, 234

Elizabeth, 69, 172 Ella Breen, 88 Felix K., 69 Frank, 148, 185, 201 Harry, 148 Herbert D., 193, 226 Horace, 51 James E., 47, 51, 69, 82, 135,

148, 170, 185, 226 James K. (son of Stephen St.

John), 88, 193, 226 James Keen (b. 1805), 17, 19,

24, 25, 27, 30, 35, 38, 39, 44, 45–47, 51, 56, 57, 61, 65, 69, 76, 82, 111, 114, 135, 172, 234

Joseph Lake, 18, 111, 234 Katie, 119, 193, 226 Letty, see Sergeant Linda, 148, 185 Louisa McElroy, 82, 88, 119,

192, 193 Margaret Terns, 226 Maria E., see Calkins Mary, see Austin Mary Ann Creiger, 35, 37, 47,

69, 234 Mary E., 69 Mary Keen, 9, 17, 18, 25, 28,

29, 35, 36, 51, 53, 57, 69, 111, 234

Mary L. 193, 226 Moses, 234 Myers J., 193, 226 Rebecca Jane Rider, 47, 51, 82,

148, 185, 226 Sarah Elizabeth, 47, 51, 69, 76 Sarah Purvis, 18, 234

Sears, 9, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 62, 76, 111, 234

Sears E., 69 Sears Robert, 17, 35, 47, 66, 68,

69, 111, 234 Stephen St. John, 27, 38, 51,

61, 69, 76, 82, 88, 111, 119, 135, 148, 193, 214, 226

Susan, 148, 185, 226 William H., 47Geier, Joan, 47, 49, 79Gillespie Agnes, 210 Margaret Ann, 210Grace, Mr., 30Grassy Swamp, 12Gray, Elizabeth, 12Gregory Clara, 236, 237 Polly Maria Carmichael, see

MitchellGriffin, “Uncle Steve”, 28 Grinnell, Charles Jr., 192Gunn, Charlotte, 41 Esther, 41 Ransom, 41

HHagan Pond, see Highland LakeHalfway Brook, ix, 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 9,

11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 44, 47, 49, 55, 57, 62, 64, 65, 146, 184, 227, 229

Hallock Anna May Buchanan, 226 Daniel Van Tuyl, 47, 51, 147 Douglas, 37 Emily Knecht, 37, 78 Emma Amelia Schwab, 147,

226 Hosea Ballow, 147 Julia Van Tuyl, 37, 51, 70, 147 Mary Alice Rider, 47, 51, 173 Oliver Blizzard, 37, 51, 70, 147,

226 Samuel Jesse, 147, 226 Thomas W., 37, 51, 70, 147 William, 147Hammond, William H., 148

Hancy Amelia Eldred, 47, 53, 62, 79,

113, 121 John, 79, 113, 121, 135Hankins, 9, 61 James, 68 Maria, see Myers Hardenburgh Patent, 7, 45Harris, George, 185, 226Hartwell, 35, 44Hawks Nest, 12, 82, 128Hazen, Phebe, see MyersHemlock trees, 6, 10, 144Hickok Almeda Drake, 70, 82, 184, 227 Ann Eliza, see Bolton Asa, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 29,

46, 54, 135, 234 Benjamin Merwin, 54, 59, 70,

82, 117, 121, 132, 203 Charles, 54, 59, 70, 82, 117,

132, 184 Charles (s/o William and

Almeda), 227 David H. (s/o Asa), 11, 15, 16,

19, 29, 234 David Hinman (s/o Uncle

Justus), 54, 59, 70, 85, 135, 170, 184, 227

Elizabeth (Betsy) Rice, 11, 15, 16, 234

Elta, 227 Emma F., 70 Esther Hinman, 11, 15, 16, 17,

19, 23, 29, 54, 234 Frances E., 227 Galen, 54 George W., 70 Hannah, see Eldred John and Viola, 186 Justice (s/o David and Mary),

70, 227 Justus, Uncle, 11, 16, 18, 29,

32, 36, 54, 59, 68, 70, 121, 170, 184, 193, 203, 214, 234

Louisa, 11, 15, 16, 19, 234 Mary, see Stidd Mary (Aunt Polly) Wells, 16, 18,

19, 29, 54, 59, 70, 121, 184, 193, 203, 234

Mary Jane Russell, 70, 135, 184, 227

Index • 265

Morris, 227 Olin, 70, 135, 184, 187, 227 Reeves W., 59 Reuben, 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 234 Robert Land, 54, 59, 70 Sarah Dehart, 184 Sylvia, 11, 15, 234 Wells, 199 William, 54, 70, 82, 121, 131,

132, 170, 184, 226Higginson Edward, 84, 91, 94, 117, 228 Ida Emily, see Crabtree Mary Donaldson, 84, 91, 228Highland Lake, 16, 28, 34, 49, 50,

53, 60, 64, 67, 68, 69, 72, 78, 83, 126, 145, 146, 148, 179

Hill Alfred, 83, 186 Alice Amelia Sergeant, 83, 186,

235 Bertha, 83 Bessie, 186 Esther Sergeant, 186 Gladys, see Myers John Thomas, 83, 186 Mable, 220 Thomas Alvin, 83, 186, 235Homan, Benjamin, 7Homestead Act, 94Hooker, 21 Joseph, General, 105 Almira Austin, 4, 5, 19, 22, 29,

32, 37, 234 Fannie, 22 James T., 19, 22, 29, 37, 234 R., 14Howell, Rev., 34Hudson River, 4, 8, 25, 26, 31, 33,

54, 63, 154Huguenot, 5, 70Hulse David, 45, 114 James, 15 Mary, see Forgeson Mary Arnot, 15Hurd Chauncey, 10, 18, Curtis, 45 Family, 27, 29 Graham, 10, 18 Solomon, 18, 29

Husted, Albert, 161, 162, 165

II am Tired, 219I Locked It In, 223In Memory of Edith E. Austin, 221In Memoriam, O.G. Warren, 174Ingersoll Abraham, 19, 45, 53, 83, 109,

114 Family, 109 Sarah (Sally), 45, 53, 83, 109,

114Ingraham, Laurence, 29Ingram Andrew and Rebecca, 187 Charlotte, see Leavenworth Christina Hayes, 11, 39 Sarah, see Bishop Tjerck, 37 Unknown, 11

JJervis, John B., 26Johnston Dora, 154 Jane Crawford, 16, 22 John, 16 John W., 16

KKansas Abilene, 196, 197, 224 Brookville, 195, 229 Burlingame, 197, 200, 216 Carbondale, 197 Council Grove, 197, 201, 202,

218 Ellsworth, 195 Kanasas City, 197, 201, 207,

208 Lawrence, 197, 220, 222 Rosedale, 197, 207, 208, 209 Solomon City, 185, 195, 197,

201 203, 205, 207, 210, 213, 214, 217, 218, 229

Kelly Alma Louella Sergeant, 184,

235 Frank, 235Kelso Alice, 185

Amanda, 44, 185, 188, 200, 202, 212

Edward, 84, 127, 185, 199, 220 Eden Evert, 187 Ella, 185 Emma, see Collins Family, 194 Minnie, 185 Mr. 170, 177, 200, 201–203,

208, 209, 211, 220 Robert Sr., 44, 84, 170, 183,

185, 188 Robert Jr., 84, 185, 197, 201,

215, 216Kendall Charles, 172, 185 Maria Adeline Eldred, 64, 69,

135, 172, 185 Nelly Effa, 185Kilferty, Daniel, 85Kilgour, John F., 154 Knapp Clara, 5 Naomi Palmer, 5, 11, 53 Samuel, 5, 53Knight, Joshua, 11Kyte Eliza Creiger, 33, 35, 60, 66,

72, 164, 184, 199 Elizabeth (Libby) Terry, 90,

155, 184, 185 Felix Jr., 33, 58, 85 Felix, Rev., 16, 31, 32, 33, 34,

35, 36, 37, 44, 45, 53, 61, 66, 72, 74, 75, 76, 79, 84, 92, 125, 158, 164, 170, 179, 183, 184, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202

Francis, 35 Joseph, 34, 35, 199 Julia, 157, 158 Thomas, 33 William, 85, 135, 138, 158, 184

LLaBarr, 29, 47 Calvin, 74, 84, 128, 226 Elizabeth Rice, 226 Gordon Ransom, 18, 29, 47, 74,

128 Jacob, 18, 74 Increase, 74 Mary, 18


Sarah Ammerman, 18, 74 Susannah Fetter, 74, 128 William, 74Lackawaxen River, 26Laing Justina (Tina) Austin, 60, 65,

67, 90, 122, 125, 126, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135–138, 141–143, 149–152, 154, 156, 158, 162, 164, 169, 170, 172, 177, 181, 182, 184, 188, 192, 217, 234

Randolph (Ranny), 135, 141, 143, 149, 150, 152, 153, 155, 162, 164, 168, 169, 177, 179, 181, 182, 234

Land, Robert, 28, 29Lake DeVenoge, 83, 84, 86, 145Lazerlier Abraham Jr., 5 Abraham Sr., 5, 11, 70, Elizabeth, see Van Pelt Family, 67, Jane Ann, 5 Magdalin, 5 Mary, 5, Mary Webber, see TaylorLeavenworth Family, 41 Amelia Ann, 39, 42, 53, 128,

234 Anna Mae, 185, 197, 220 Atwell Bishop, 42, 45, 46, 53,

68, 82, 87, 90–92, 97, 99, 101, 102, 104–106, 110–112, 114, 117–121, 123–125, 128, 130, 132, 164, 234

Bible, 46, 256 Charlotte Gunn, 41 Charlotte Ingram, 9, 11, 19,

30, 38, 39, 40, 42, 53, 68, 79, 82, 87, 90, 97, 120, 123–125, 127, 128, 132, 137, 140, 148, 155, 184, 197, 220, 227, 228, 234, 256

Ebenezer, 18, 41 Elias, 27, 41 Ella Phoebe Sergeant, 10, 11,

37, 80, 83, 87, 203, 227 Gideon, 18, 29, 41 Gisele Rouillon, 112, 150, 228 Harriet, see Palmer

Hezekiah Bunce, 42, 45, 46, 68, 82, 87, 92, 97, 113–115, 127–130, 132, 139, 234

James Garfield, iv, 10, 18, 37, 39, 80, 182, 203, 227, 228

James (Jim) Roberts, 45, 112, 228

Jennie, see Austin John, 41 John Ellis, 42, 46, 53, 68, 82,

87, 97, 99, 114, 125, 137, 138, 184, 195, 228, 234

Julia Ann (Anna), 42, 46, 68, 82, 87, 94, 95, 101, 105, 117, 125, 129, 140, 234

Lemira, 41 Maria Louisa Myers, 44, 45, 65,

67, 68, 71, 72, 78, 79, 84, 87, 95, 135, 146, 164, 179, 181, 184–186, 197, 220, 228, 234

Sarah Jane, 39, 42, 53, 128, 234 Sherman, 5, 18, 41 Sherman Buckley, 9, 10, 11, 19,

27, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40–46, 53, 66, 68, 79, 82, 85, 87, 90, 95, 97, 112, 114, 127, 128–132, 137, 138, 140, 148, 155, 170, 183–186, 188, 228, 234, 356

Sherman Clinton, 19, 27, 37 Sherman Stiles, 42, 44–46, 53,

65, 68, 82, 86–107, 109–119, 121–126, 128, 131, 132, 140, 148, 179, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 197, 220, 227, 229, 234

Stella Clark, 19, 37, 51, 68, 69, 138, 147

Thomas, 41 Truman Ellis, 197, 220, 227 Truman Stiles, 27, 29 William, 18, 41Lefarge, Samuel, 85Leibla, William, 92, 132Lenape, 2, 3, 7, 9Lessons of Life, 216Leven River, 41Lewis Emeline Carmichael, 54, 135,

224 Joe, 214

Lilly Family, 62 Henry, 33, 35, 36, 84, 121, 208,

210, 220 Jeremiah, 11 Jonathan, 74, 84 Lana, 84 Lydia, 84 Margaret, 62 Melissa, 62 Mr. and wife, 186Little Eva, 143Littlefield, Annis Austin, 51 Livingston Unita Jane Sergeant, 83, 227 William, 227Lord, Samuel, 23Lord and Taylor, 23, 73, 166Lounberry, John and Sarah, 147 Loyalists/Torries, 2, 4, 5, 11, 54,

215Lumbermen, 40

MMacKenzie, Margaret, 187Maglione, Margie Austin, 47, 79Maney, Samuel, 36Manney, Jacob, 14Manning, Dick, 23Many, Robert, 29Mapes Charles Egbert, 119, 128 George Egbert, 90, 111, 119,

128, 211 Polly Vanorsdol Eldred, 47, 53,

64, 69, 111, 119, 128, 135, 211

Theodore, 90 William and Mary, 66Maps Austin/Eldred Lands, 55 Austin Property, 50 Eldred Land, 20 Eldred Gardner Sawmill, 28 Halfway Brook Village, 16, 36 Kansas, 197 Kyte Family Home, 36 Leavenworth Property, 44 Myers Property, 68 Northeast United States, v, vi Round Pond/DeVenoge, 83

Index • 267

Town of Highland, 1879 Beers, 145

Town of Lumberland, viii Towns on the Upper Delaware

River, 3Marsh, J. T., 226Mason, Mercy, 12Mast Hope Turnpike, 8, 77Maudsley, Louis, 47, 74McBride, Cornelius, 84McKenzie George Ross, 149 Mr., 172Metcalf, Charles W., 208, 210Metzger Barbara, 226 Christian, 226 Follett, 226 Robert, 226Middaugh, 9, 21 Asa, 37 Dennis, 92, 132 Levi, 9, 22, 23, 29, 30 William, 11 Mier Martin and Gerreberg

Johannise Ackerman, 5Mill Pond, see Stege PondMills Alexander, 72, 146, 179 Archibald George, 72 Geraldine, see Russell Ivy, 19 Margaret, see Boyd Margaret Clark, 72 Margaret Gillies, 72, 146, 179 Martha, see MyersMillspaugh Mary Letitia, see Austin Mr. or Mrs., 150, 207Minie Ball, 98Minisink, see New York Battle, ix, 2, 214, 215 Patent, 2, 7, 9, 20, 28, 45, 56Missouri, 82 Rolla, 118, 121, 203 St. Louis, 117Mitchell Polly Maria Carmichael

Gregory, 38, 47, 65, 135, 224, 236, 237

Robert, 236Mongaup River, 1–3, 26Moosic Mountains, 25, 26More, Matthew, 65Morris, Nicholas family, 22Mott, Mary, 165Mrs. Prindle’s Soliloquy, 204Mt. Hope-Lumberland Turnpike, 8Mulford, Abraham, 5Murray, Mary A., see SchoonoverMy Flowers, 151Myer, David and Elizabeth, 5, 11,

18, 29, 65Myers Abel Sprague, 29, 37, 47, 51,

53, 72, 79, 84, 104, 147, 159, 186, 196, 203, 211, 214, 226

Archibald Abel (s/o Abel), 79, 159

Augustus (Gus) Waterman, 72, 78, 84, 88, 146, 164, 185, 228

Benjamin, 47, 65, 67, 68 Charles C. (b. 1875), 185, 228, Charles, 90, 107 Charles Henry (Chuck), 36, 37,

47, 72, 79, 159 Charlotte (Lottie), see Darling Christena Stevens, 186 David William, 65 Edwin Van Schoick, 78, 104,

147, 159, 173, 186, 226 Eliza Jane, 72 Emeline, 72 Emma, see Sergeant George Washington Taylor, 65,

67, 68, 72, 73, 78, 79, 84, 88, 146, 148, 164, 179, 183, 185, 228

Gladys Elizabeth, see Austin Hannah Maria Van Schoick, 53,

72, 78, 79, 84, 104, 147, 159 Gladys Hill, 83 Jackson, 226 James L., 84, 147, 159, 186 Jane Ann Van Pelt Webb, 5, 11,

18, 29, 38, 46, 47, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 78–80, 84, 86–88, 135, 146, 148, 164, 179, 185, 186, 220, 226, 228

Letitia Parker, 83, 84, 90, 107 L.L., 198 Mabel Louise Owen, 78, 173

Maria Hankins, 72, 159, 186, 226

Maria L., see Leavenworth Martha Mills, 72, 148, 179, 180,

185, 228 Martin David, 5, 11, 18, 29, 38,

46, 47, 65, 66, 67, 68, 72, 79, 83, 84, 87, 88, 135, 146, 148, 164, 165, 170, 237

Mary, 66 Minnie Sergeant, 79 Moses, 29, 36, 37, 47, 51, 66,

70, 170, 173, 203 Phebe Hazen Clark, 19, 29, 36,

37, 47, 51, 53, 70, 200, 203 Raymond, 83 Samuel C., 84, 90, 107, 132 Sarah Griffith, 38, 47, 65 Sarah, 72 Sarah, 226 William, 121, 127, 132 William G., 170

NNew Jersey, 4, 5, 9, 11, 22, 29, 30,

47, 146, 186, 226 Bergen County, 65 Minisink Island, 9 Trenton, 160Newcome Carrie, 156 Harriet, 85 Kate, 155, 156 Mrs., 155, 156, 177Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike, 7,

8, 10, 21Newkirk, Benjamin B., 8Newman Caroline Austin, 19, 29, 38, 50,

61, 107, 137, 234 Carrie, 107, 137 Mr., 50, 137, 234New York Barryville, 1–3, 5–11, 14, 15,

16, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32–37, 57, 58, 61, 74, 78, 81, 82, 85, 88, 90, 101, 111, 117, 118, 121, 127, 136, 137, 144, 170, 173, 185, 187, 196, 198, 199, 206, 207, 214, 220, 226, 227, 229


Beaver Brook (Mills), 3, 12, 14, 18, 28, 29, 30, 33, 35, 38, 39, 47, 57, 58, 84, 125, 128, 168, 226

Bethel, 7, 8, 10, 18, 26, 27, 29, 30, 39, 41, 51, 68, 90, 137

Big Pond, see Pond Eddy Carpenter’s Point, see Port

Jervis Callicoon, 1, 3, 7, 169 Cochecton/Cushetunk, 1, 3, 5,

7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 26, 147 Denton, 5, 9, 15 Eldred, ix, 2, 14, 15, 23, 25,

27, 28, 30–33, 36, 38, 39, 44, 46, 49, 50, 52, 62, 65, 66, 78, 82–86, 88, 90, 92, 114, 119, 138, 143, 146, 148, 157, 159, 164–166, 172, 174–176, 180, 182, 184, 186, 190, 194, 195, 197, 199, 205, 216, 218, 222, 224, 226, 228, 229, 238, 239

Glen Spey, 7, 11, 18, 29, 34, 49, 149, 155, 218

Goshen, 2, 15, 61, 92, 96, 112, 120, 215

Halfway Brook Village, see Eldred

Highland, Town of, ix, 7, 45, 68, 76–78, 80–82, 84, 89, 100, 114, 116, 119, 131, 132, 135, 140, 144, 145, 147, 169, 170, 172, 175, 187, 188, 199, 207, 229, 238, 239

Hurd Settlement, 10, 27, 45 Kingston, 25, 26, 33 Liberty, 7, 169 Lumberland, Town of, vi, ix,

1–23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30–32, 35–38, 40, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 56, 57, 60, 61, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 75, 76, 78, 82, 85, 87, 101, 128, 144, 149, 153, 155, 158, 165, 170, 172, 173, 198, 199, 224, 226

Middletown, 8, 9, 54, 57, 90, 94, 101, 150, 151, 217, 241, 242

Minisink, 5, 9, 15 Minisink Ford, 2, 9, 63, 78 Mongaup, 1, 3, 6, 7, 18, 19, 29,

49, 155

Mongaup River, 1–3, 26 Monticello, 9, 13, 27, 31, 32,

35, 41, 51, 56, 163, 169, 211 Narrow Falls, 8, 10, 12, 15, 19,

24, 36 Narrowsburg(h), 1, 3, 5, 7, 8,

58, 59, 61, 62, 77, 78, 92, 136, 144, 160

Orange County, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 37, 38, 54, 62, 64, 82, 147, 148, 224

Ossining, 54 Pond Eddy, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16,

17, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30, 47, 49, 111, 127, 144, 154, 155

Port Jervis, 4, 5, 9, 12–4, 22, 25, 26, 28, 37, 43, 44, 61, 79, 82, 83, 127, 154, 160, 180, 184, 207, 228

Ridgebury, 11, 12 River settlement, The, see

Barryville Rondout, 25, 32, 33, 67 Scotchtown, 9, 11, 30, 39 Shohola/Shehola, 1–6, 8, 19,

20, 47, 74, 79, 81, 82, 90, 117, 118, 121, 177, 191, 229

South Lebanon, see Glen Spey Sparrowbush, 3, 10, 43, 44, 68,

92, 128 Sullivan County, ix, 2, 8, 18,

25, 27, 37, 38, 39, 45, 56, 68, 69, 87, 107, 128, 144, 147, 163, 170, 215

Ten Mile River settlement, see Tusten

Thompson, Town of, 10, 128, 140, 148

Tusten, Town of, 1–4, 7, 8, 9, 16, 29, 32, 33, 53, 57, 61, 68, 72, 78, 100

Wallkill, Town of, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18, 30, 82

Wawayanda, Town of, 9 Westchester County, 4, 11, 13,

18, 19, 29, 38, 50, 51, 53, 90, 106

OOsborn Amanda, 33 Emily, 60

Osier/Osir, 189 Augustus (Gus), 196, 199, 202,

210, 214, 215, 218 Carrie, 218Owen(s) Arthur, 147 Daniel, 29 Eliza, 37 Elizabeth Barnes, 72, 78, 80,

173 Elizabeth Tether, 72, 78, 80,

147, 173 Elizabeth Thompson, 187 Ethalinda, 72 Frank and Mary, 147 John Miller, 170 Mabel Louise, see Myers Mary Elizabeth (servant) 184,

228 Morgan, 72, 78, 80, 173 Phebe, See Sergeant Robert, 72, 78, 80, 147, 170,

173, 183

PPalmer David J., 170 Edith, see Ewart Harriet Leavenworth, 38, 39,

42, 53, 68, 79, 82, 87, 90, 105, 128, 140, 148, 184, 228, 234

Harry C., 83, 105, 128, 148, 184, 228

Henry, 62, 68, 79, 82, 83, 87, 90, 105, 128, 148, 184, 228, 234

James, 184, 228 Sherman, 83, 87Parker Benjamin and Emaline, 83 George W., 100, 132 George and Kate, 136, 172, 226 James, 186 Letitia, see Myers Mary A. Murray, see

SchoonoverParmenter, 218 Emily, see AustinPaton Archibald. 135, 148, 162, 191,

234

Index • 269

Miranda (Rand) Austin, 57, 65, 67, 126, 134, 135, 148, 162, 181, 188, 191, 234

Payne Adeline, 174 Charles Henry, 174, 196, 199 Frances, see Eldred William and Mary, 210Pennsylvania, 1, 2, 4, 22, 25, 36,

42, 52, 144, 154 28th Regiment, 103 147th Regiment, 103 Big Eddy, 58 Bradford County, 29, 68 Cadis 46, 54 Chester County, 48 Damascus, 147 Delaware Water Gap, 9, 160 Eldred, 15 Gettysburg, 107 Hawley, 78 Honesdale, 8, 9, 25, 26 Lackawaxen, 9, 25, 63, 117,

170, 186, 9, Luzerne County, 52 Manchester, 226 Mast Hope 8, 9 Milford, 5 Moscow, 73 Muhlenburg, 52 Philadelphia, 5, 6, 154, 160 Shickshinny, 52 Shohola, 1–3, 5, 8, 19, 21, 47,

79, 81, 229 Standing Stone, 42, 68, 86,

147 Susquehanna River, 52 Tell, 5, 11, 38 Water Gap, 9, 160 Wayne County, 5, 77 West Damascus, 79Perkins Comelia Dabron, 30 Dr., 28–30, 67Persbacher Catherine Kreiter, 79 Elizabeth, 79 Jacob, 79Poem for Ida Austin, 167Poems A Reverie or Kansas Romance,

225

An Answer, 223 Faith, 258 Field Flowers, 153 Flowers, 152 I am Tired, 219 I Locked It In, 223 In Memory of Edith E. Austin,

221 In Memoriam, O.G. Warren,

174 Lessons of Life, 216 Little Eva, 143 Mrs. Prindle’s Soliloquy, 204 My Flowers, 151 Poem for Ida Austin, 167 Put Me in My Little Bed, 156 She is Gone, 219 To Mother, 221 To My Husband, 258 When Shall We Meet Again,

141, 142 Who Keeps Dead Flowers, 205Pool, Daniel, 22Proctor, William F., 149Puff, Eliza Carmichael, 135, 224Put Me in My Little Bed, 156

QQuick Abraham, 14 David, 14, 22, 34 Francis, 14, 22, 23 Francis and Rachel, 19 Hugh, 22 James, 74 M.W. Quick, 121

RReardon, John, 140 Reeves, 14, 19Revolutionary War, 2–4, 9, 11, 15,

52, 54, 57Rider Augustus, 51 Fernando, 51 Job, 47, 51, 82, 173 Mary Alice, see Hallock Rebecca, see Gardner Susan Adeline Van Tuyl, 47, 51Rixton, Joseph and Mary, 147

Roebling Aqueduct, 63, 81 John A., 63Roebling-Chauncey Bridge, 81,

121Ross, Hugh, 85Rouillon Cyrus, 228 Gisele, 40, 112, 150, 228 Jean Charles and Blanche Olga

Malinge, 111, 112, 150, 228 Lubin and Florentine, 111, 150Round Pond, see Lake DeVenogeRundle, 202 Abe, 214, 226Russell Geraldine Mills and Stuart,

148

SSawmill, 19th Century Up and

Down, 48Schoonover, 14, 194 Ann Mary Austin, 29, 38, 50,

54, 64, 70, 74, 80, 106, 112, 113, 118, 120, 121, 136, 226, 234

Daniel Rowley, 172, 186, 226 Emily, 148, 172, 186, 226 Mary A. Murray Parker, 136,

148, 172, 186, 187, 226 Oliver P., 54, 57, 64, 70, 74,

118, 120, 127, 136, 148, 172, 186, 187, 220, 226, 234

Peter, 64, 136Segarra, Dawn Lee Austin, 47, 79Sergeant, 44, 53 Abigail, 12 Alice Amelia, see Hill Alma, see Kelly Alvah, 29, 36, 53, 68, 80, 83,

85, 87, 111, 159, 170, 183, 184, 186, 187, 227, 235

Anna Penney, 16, 18, 19, 28, 29, 36, 53, 158, 159, 235

Caroline, 68, 83, 85, 184, 228 Charles, 228 Claribel, 228 Clarissa Clark, 80, 83, 87, 184,

227, 235 David R., 16, 19 Edgar, 83, 184


Ella Phoebe, iv, 10, 11, 18, 37, 80, 83, 87, 203, 227

Emma Myers, 120, 138, 147, 174, 228, 235

Esther, see Hill Ethel B., 16, 18, 19, 28, 29, 36,

47, 53, 66, 68, 83, 85, 88, 111, 121, 159, 170, 173, 183, 184, 228, 234, 235

Frank Roberts, 80, 87, 184, 227, 228, 235

Isaac (son of Ethel B.), 36, 53, 68, 79, 92, 111, 121, 131, 132, 159, 184, 228, 235

Isaac C., 16, 29 Isaac Jr., 12 Isaac, Rev., 11, 12, 15, 16, 79,

83, 158, 226, 235 James Gardner, 36, 47, 53, 68,

85, 88, 90, 91, 92, 95, 97, 100, 105, 111, 130–132, 138, 147, 159, 173, 235

James W., 147, 184, 227 Jane (d/o Ethel), 68 Jane (d/o Alvah), 83, 220 Letitia (Letty) Gardner, 16, 18,

19, 28, 29, 36, 47, 53, 66, 68, 83, 88, 97, 111, 121, 159, 174, 184, 186, 228, 234, 235

Mary (d/o Ethel), 68, 85 Mary Richards, 12, 158, 226,

235 Minnie, see Myers Morgan, 184 Phebe Owen, 36, 68, 80, 83,

85, 87, 184, 227, 235 Stephen B., 16 Stephen, Rev., 11, 12, 15, 16,

18, 19, 24, 28, 29, 31, 36, 53, 55, 56, 83, 158, 159, 235

Thomas (s/o Alvah), 184 Thomas (s/o Rev. Isaac), 12 Thomas L.(s/o Rev. Stephen),

16, 29 Unita Jane, see LivingstonShe is Gone, 219Sheck, Katie, 226Shotwell Azuba, 84 Caleb, 68, 84 Jane, 84 Sarah, 68, 186, 226

Sarah, see Webb Sarah J., 226 Stephen C., 170, 226Showers, John, 2Simmons, J.B., 120, 124Singer, Isaac Merrit, 149Skinner Alfred, 197, 219 Amelia, 19 Daniel (rafter), 5, 7 Daniel, 36, 37, 57, 58 Mary, 57 Oliver, 35 Salome, 37 Will, 196Smith Charles M., 69 Samuel, 20Snow Barnabus, 11 John, 32Sparrow, H.L., 3Sprague Agath, 84 B.J., 84 Eliza, 84 Josephine, 84St. John, Stephen, 35, 38, 39, 44,

56, 57, 114Stage Albert, 73, 84, 90, 214 Charles, 84 Chauncy, 84 Elizabeth, 84 George, 73, 81, 84, 90 Jacob, 19, 21, 29, 73, 84, 85,

127, 170, 185 Martha Carmichael, 19, 21, 73,

84, 185Stege’s Pond, 49, 50Stereographs, 103Stewart, John J. and Sarah, 20Stidd Mary Hickok, 54, 59, 70, 184 William, 184Street, Mr., 30Sutherland, William G., 222Swartwout, Peter, 14

TTalmage, Dr., 190

Taylor George Washington, 11, 23,

65, 73 John and Jane, 196 Mary Webber Lazerlier, 5, 11,

18, 29, 38, 47, 65, 70, 73 Robert, 11, 73Teed Clara, 80, 84 Clara Austin, 11, 19, 38, 50,

61, 80, 112, 234 Edward Nelson, 50, 80, 112,

234 Emma, 80, 84 Harriet, 78 Isaac, 38, 112 Phebe G., 38 Susan, see Austin Susie, 80, 113Ten Mile River, 1–3Tether Edward and Elizabeth, 72, 84,

147 Elizabeth, see Owen Jane, 84 Joseph, 84, 147, 183Thompson Adelaide (Addie) Austin, 57,

65, 67, 90, 120, 127, 134, 135, 143, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 156, 162, 163, 165, 168, 169, 177, 180, 182, 188, 189–193, 198, 205, 209, 211, 213, 217, 224, 234

Augustus Thompson, 182, 188 Elizabeth Owen, 187 Thomas Jefferson, 135, 162,

165, 188, 234 Tommy, 188, 190, 205To Mother, 221To My Husband, 258Toaspern, Ida Heyen, 155Travis Elizabeth Wheeler Eldred, 46,

53, 57, 62, 74, 79, 135, 234 Gilbert, 74, 79 Milton, 74Tusten Dr. Benjamin, 2, 3, 215Tuthill Ezekiel, 11 Sarah E., 85

Index • 271

VVan Auken Hannah, 9, 11, 68 Mary, see Clark Peter, 9, 11, 68Van Pelt Ann Johnson, 5, 70 Bible, 71, 72, 257 Catharine, 84, 85 Elizabeth Lazerlier, 5, 11, 18,

23, 29, 38, 47, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73, 78, 79, 80

Henry, 5, 70 Jane Ann, see Myers John, 5, 11, 18, 70, 72, 73 John Henry, 38, 47 Maria, 38, 47 Maria Anthony, 11, 18, 29, 38,

70, 72 Peter, 11, 18, 29, 38, 39, 47, 67,

70, 72, 78 Sarah Looker, 38, 47Van Schoick Hannah Maria, see Myers Huldah Bross, 53, 72, 78 William, 53, 72Van Tuyl Daniel, 17, 18, 22, 29, 35, 47,

51, 147 Charity, 19 Effa C., see Eldred, Julia, see Hallock Family, 21, 22 Rebecca Writer, 17, 18, 22, 35,

47 Susan, see RiderVan Wyck, Col., 93–95, 105

WWait Charlotte, 186 George, 11, 81, 86, 196 Jennie, 203 John, 186, 188 Leo, 208 Mary Mills, 187 Sarah Jane Eldred, 69, 185,

187, 213 William, 185, 186, 213Wallace, John and Marian, 186Wandling, Philip, 70

Watkins, Sally, 19 Samuel, 11, 14Watson, Lina Carmichael, 139Webb Charles, 2, 9 Charles Cripps, 38, 47, 65, 67,

68, 73, 84, 88, 135 185, 226 Clara, 88, 135 Henry Cripps, 38, 47, 65, 72 Jane Ann Van Pelt, see Myers John Henry, 38, 47, 65, 72, 135 Osmer, 226 Sarah Shotwell, 68, 73, 84, 88,

135, 226Webber Jacob Rev., 158, 170 John 5, 73 Mary, see TaylorWells Anna, 19 Alexander, 127 Daniel, 19, 32, 36, 127 Elizabeth, 74 Jesse, 14 John, 19, 28 Mary (Polly), see Hickok Samuel, 11, 29, 85 William, 14, 19, 29, 74West Henry 36 Margette, 57 Marietta, see Eldred Mary, 37, 84, 125 Richard, 36 Samuel, 84, 125 Thomas, 7Westfield, George H., 223Wheeler Amelia Ann Eldred, 12, 13, 15,

16, 18, 234 Darius and Frances 16 Elizabeth, see Travis Harvey, 16, 18, 19, 234 John, 29 Lydia, 58, 59, 61 Thomas, 19Whilly, John, 85When Shall We Meet Again, 141,

142Whitney, 187 Anthony and Eveline, 186

Who Keeps Dead Flowers, 205Wickham, 4, 9 George D., 8, 16, 27, 56Williams Charles, 136 Jenevieve, 136 Rosa, 136 Sarah, 136 William and Charlotte, 186Wilson, 189, 196 Agnes Gillespie, 210 Anna, 147, 187, 189, 191 Charles, 147, 187, 189 Edward, 66, 74, 85, 132, 147,

187 Garrett, 19, 20 Henry and Margaret, 74 Horton, 132 Mary, 147 Phoebe, 74, 85, 147 Sarah, 187 W., 18 William H., 147Wisner, Rev. J.O., 85Worth River, 41Woodward Benjamin, 8 Charles S., 57

YYoung Adaline A. Sweezy, 147, 226 Coe Finch, 47, 74, 111, 125,

147, 226 David, 54, 84, 150, 224, 236 Eliza Ann Gardner, 17, 47, 74,

147, 234 Harriet Carmichael, 18, 54, 66,

84, 135, 150, 224, 236 Isaac, 47, 74, 147, 234 Jennie, 147, 226 Libby, 84, 236

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